OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14454490
PARALYSIS,SPINE,SLIP,BACK,FALL
Event description
SLIPPED AND FELL APPROXIMATELY 20 FEET
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS INSTALLING SAG RODS. HE UNHOOKED THE LANYARD TO MOVE TO A NEW LO CATION. HE LOST HIS FOOTING AND FELL APPROXIMATELY TWENTY FEET. HE SUFFERED A BR OKEN BACK AND A RUPTURED SPINAL CORD. HE WAS PARALYSED FROM THE WAIST DOWN.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 25 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 3
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 5
- Occupation code
- 597
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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